UFO sightings spark concern from more than just conspiracy theorists

When Daniel Drezner wrote about UFOs in 2019, he worried the column could tank his credibility, both as a professor of international politics and as a columnist.

He said the evidence had been mounting for a while. Among the most striking: a video showing a Navy fighter jet locking onto a mysterious target streaking across the sky as a pilot incredulously asked, “What is that, man?”